October 2011-CA

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Anaheim, California
Workshop Agenda - October 20, 2011
Begin at 9:00 am
  • Welcome - Feel free visit Cafe 10:31 for a coffee type beverage.

OPENING DEVOTION
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SHARING - (Check Edmodo Postings)
  • Share a success story that you experienced since our last meeting. We celebrate success.
  • Share something that didn't go as well as you had hoped. We celebrate our failures as an opportunity to learn.
  • Share something that made you "Spark".

HOT TOPIC - "21 Things in Education That Will Be Obsolete by 2020"

PRESENTATION - "Digital Footprints"



DISCUSS - Your Online Presence
  • Where are you online? (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Blog, Ning, Edmodo)
  • Have you ever Googled yourself?
  • Why is an online presence important to you as an educator?

DISCUSS - Your Classroom Online Presence
  • How would you respond to this comment: "I send a newsletter home every week. Why do I need to put that info on a web page too?"
  • What are parent expectations? How have they changed in the last 5 years?
  • How can an having an online class presence benefit your students?

EXAMPLES:
Mr. Coley's Class
2M Gems
Mrs. Abernathy's Class
Mrs. Davis' US History Class

Elements of a Good Class Web Page, Wiki, etc..
  • Assignments/Homework (Daily) - Should this list contain an archive of past weeks/days assignments? You could use a blog to accomplish this.
  • Calendar
  • Links - to help guide student research. Send them here before they go to Google.
  • Field Trip information
  • staying updated
  • Class Schedule
  • Spelling words
  • Memory Work
  • Class blog
  • Wish list
  • Photo Gallery
  • Announcements
  • Teacher Information
  • Book Reports
  • Book Order Info.
  • forms
  • Student work samples

TOOLS FOR ESTABLISHING YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE:
  • Posterous - If you can send an e-mail, you can be a blogger.
  • Blogger - Already have a Google Login? You won't need a new username & password.
  • Google Sites - Same here.
  • Weebly Quick, easy, professional looking.
  • Wikispaces - Free Education Sites for Teachers. You're looking at it right now.
  • TeacherWeb - Ask Chris Ford
  • WordPress - More complex, but with a little knowledge, you can be dangerous. It's what I use since I switched away from Blogger.

Lunch Hour at 11:30 am / Back to Work at 12:30 pm

TOOL FOR ESTABLISHING YOUR STUDENTS' ONLINE PRESENCE:

Class Web Sites:


PROJECT/LESSON DEVELOPMENT -
Start thinking about setting a short-term and a long-term goal in terms of developing a technology lesson idea or project to work on at our workshops this year to implement in your classroom.

REFLECTION & WRAP-UP

Dismiss at 2:00 pm

Random Links:
Writing Prompts - http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/
LESSON: Blogging with Paper - http://www.notesfrommcteach.com/2010/09/learning-to-blog-using-paper.html
St. John's Online Behavior Agreement (Word Doc) - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3066727/Online%20Behavior%20Agreement.doc
The $69 Document Camera - http://www.ipevo.com/prods/Point-2-View-USB-Camera